See why Non-Academic Staff Unions joined ASUU in Strike

See the reasons behind ASUU strike and why Non-Academic Staff of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU) National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) want to joined them.

The three non-academic staff unions in the universities said that if the FG fails to address their protest, alongside that of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), there would be a declaration of industrial dispute.
These unions are Non-Academic Staff of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU) National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU)
The General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, who told newsmen in Abuja that the unions had ordered their branches to start collating the members view on the response of the unions to the current discussions between the Federal Government and ASUU.
He said that the Federal Government should prepare for industrial face-off if the negotiations do not include the anxieties of the non-academic staff unions.
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Adeyemi, who is also Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said that it would be easy for the federal government if the address the issues at the same since most of the issues campaigned by the academic and non-academic unions are related.
He said, “I think it is important to sound a note of warning to the Federal Government that they would be treading a very dangerous path if they take the non-academic unions for granted.
If they take our maturity for granted and concede to demands of ASUU and fail to address our demands as well, we will then show government that we cannot just bark, but can equally bite.”
The NASU scribe said settling the on-going industrial predicament needs the supervision of President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly, saying: “The re-negotiation would entail money and nobody in government can do this except Buhari works with the National Assembly.”
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